================================================ Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... From: "Keith P. Mears" To: Date: Sun 2 Dec 2001 04:22:16 -0500 ================================================ You mean, like the welcome message? Or the description on one of our sites? And you're right, it's DAMN good. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi" To: Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 3:58 AM Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... > I nominate this for the official description. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On > Behalf Of ]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[ > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:02 AM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... > > > To borrow from a post I made several days back: > > > It's a place where you talk about Creed. *smirk* > It's another discussion list where you're free to state your opinions > and not have to worry about a person quoting rules that they only listen > to when it's in their favor, but break any other time. It's a place > where a train of thought is necessary to join, and a sense of humor is > mandatory to stay. You need to be able to recognize sarcasm, and not > whine and cry every time someone shares an opinion that doesn't match > yours. All in all, it's a great place to relax and unwind and read > through the 500+ mails per day that it generates (mostly late night > chats). > > Basically, if you don't agree with a person, and thing they're not > thinking through their posts, you're allowed to say "you know what? I > think you're a moron" and no one will run crying from it... they'll > stand up for their thoughts and explain WHY they think that, or why they > don't think it. And, in most cases, if you should actually tell someone > that they're not thinking, they'll take the time to actually hear you > out, instead of sniveling about it. From what's I've seen, it's a place > where you need to actually have a level of maturity if you hope to last. > There is no "bashing". Only sharing of thoughts and opinions, and each > one of them needs to be backup up. > And any person that gets "bashed" there is free to join at any time > and defend themselves... but one of the reasons those people get bashed > (as you call it) is because they are incapable of self-defense, and in > every case so far, have done something to deserve what is said about > them. It's a chance there to speak freely of what's on your mind and > have no worries of repercussions. Like it says above... it's a great > place to relax and unwind. > And the rules that Keith makes reference to are simply a disclaimer > stating that when you join, you promise to not do anything moronic like > post private info to a public forum, and that you understand that > Creedtalk will get into some heated debates, and you can't take offense > by what is said. More or less, the only rule there is that you need to > actually use your brain... not exactly an easy one for most of us to > break. > > ¤]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[¤ > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp